Staff Engineer II - MuleSoft: API Design & Leadership

Western Alliance Bancorporation; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental insurance

401k matching program

Tuition assistance program

Employee volunteer program

Wellness program

Ownership stake in the company

Job summary

Western Alliance Bank is seeking a Staff Engineer II - MuleSoft to design, develop, and support scalable MuleSoft API solutions that enable critical business capabilities. You’ll lead design decisions, ensure reliability, and collaborate across teams to deliver compliant, secure integrations.

The role emphasizes API governance, security (OAuth 2.0, JWT, SAML, TLS), and API Manager policy enforcement, with cross-team leadership and a focus on production readiness. Some travel may be required.

Qualifications

• 7 years in design, coding, testing, implementation, and documentation of MuleSoft APIs with MuleSoft 4.x Anypoint and CloudHub.
• Bachelor's degree required.
• Leadership experience preferred.
• Financial services knowledge is a plus.
• Regulatory and compliance familiarity helpful.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams on multiple projects.
• Experience with CI/CD and Azure DevOps.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic planning of a project as it relates to technical solution design.
• Design and implement reliability-focused engineering principles and recovery procedures.
• Build APIs using RAML or Open API following governance and naming standards.
• Secure APIs using OAuth 2.0, JWT, SAML, TLS, and API Manager policies.
• Design, develop, and maintain systems and processes with proper error handling and monitoring.
• Support UAT, production releases, incident resolution, and root cause analysis.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation and procedures, ensuring IT policy compliance.

Skills

MuleSoft APIs

API governance

OAuth 2.0

JWT

SAML

TLS

API Manager

Azure DevOps

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science

Tools

RAML/OpenAPI

Job description

Western Alliance Bank is seeking a Staff Engineer II - MuleSoft to design, develop, and support scalable MuleSoft API solutions that enable critical business capabilities. You’ll lead design decisions, ensure reliability, and collaborate across teams to deliver compliant, secure integrations.

The role emphasizes API governance, security (OAuth 2.0, JWT, SAML, TLS), and API Manager policy enforcement, with cross-team leadership and a focus on production readiness. Some travel may be required.